Shoe-polisher.



n PATENTBD MAR. 17, 1908.

J. HARDIN SHOE POLISHER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY B, 1907.

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LAFAYETTE J. HARDIN, 0F SHERMAN, ILLINOIS,

SHOE-POLISHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Application filed July a, 190'7. serial No. 382,796.

T011?? 'whom it may concern.'

e it kllowll that l, LAFAYETTE J. HARDlN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sherman, ill the county of Sangamon and State ofIllinois, have illvented a new and useful Shoe-Polisher, of which thefollowing is such a full, clear, and exact description as willellablelothers skilled ill the art to which it appertains to make anduse my said invention.

This invention relates to slloe polishers of tllat class ill which thepolishin T compound is contained within the slloe polis er.

The objects of this invention are to provide a shoe )olisher having aninternal chalnber adapte( to contain the shoe polish; having an outercovering suitable to serve as a rubber orpolisher; having a dauberadapted to be sup lied with said olish from the chamber o the polislleralltFllavillg a cover adapted to serve as a handle and also adapted torevent evaporation alld waste of the polishlng material.

Vith these ends in view nly invention con sists in the novel features ofconstrllction and combinations of parts shown in the annexed drawing towhich referellce is hereby made; and hereinafter articularly describedand finally recited in t le claims.

Referring to the drawings in which silllilar reference letters alldcharacters designate like parts in the several views; Figure 1 is alongitlldinal axial section through the shoe\ polisher; Fig. 2 is ahorizontal transverse section through the body of the polisher on thelille 2. 2. of Figfl Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse section on theline.3. 3. of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is an enlarged isometric projection ofthe dauber detached, part of the wrapping being shown as broken away touncover the core and winding of the dauber.

The main structure consists of a bottle or` flask A, preferably ofglass, having a screw tllreaded part a and a reduced neck a'. VThe flaskA is covered with a soft and yielding covering B preferably ofk cantonflannel or othersilnilar material having a long nap such as common onpolishing cloths. The. ol-

isherB is secured on the Hask A by stitchhlnvs Q b or may be secured inany other sultab e f suitable material fits snugly around the neck a. Acu shaped han( le D preferably of thin metal), has a screw threaded partd fitting on the screw threaded part a of the flask and a Haring part dfitting closely on the ring C when the handle is screwed down. A cork Eof less diallleter than the throat a of the flask has longitudinalchannels e through which the contents of the flask is discharged intothe dauber. A winding e surrounds the cork E as sllown in Fig. 4 an'dprevents the fabric F which surrounds the cork fronl'entering into andobstructing the channels e. A fabric F of canton flannel or othersuitable material is wound around the cork E and on the outside of thewinding e to roduce a dauber of suitable size to fit snugly 1n thethroat'af.

I have sllown and described a dauber having a core of cork provided withchannels and a wrapper of cloth surrounding the said core; but all'vother suitable crforated dauber adapte to pernlit the flbw of the polishthrough the dauber, nlay be used without de arture from my invention.

ll the practical use of the slloe polisher the fpolishing lllaterialwill be poured into the ask, the dauber will then be inserted ill thethroat of the flask, alld upoll inverting the flask the polishingnlaterial will flow through the channels e in the core E and nlay bespread by rubbing the dauber to and fro upon the shoes, and when theolisll has been properly applied the handle lllay be screwed u on theflask: and holding the handle ill t le hand tlle'operator lllay rub thecovering B upon the surface to which the polishing material has beenapplied and by collltilnued rubbing may produce the desired po ls Havingfully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. The combination of a flask adapted to contain a polishing compoundand llavin f a throat, a dauber consisting of a cllanne ed core and awrapping surroundillg said core and fittillg ill the throat of saidflask, a fibrous covering on said flask alld a hollow handle on saidflask int-losing said dauber.

2. A dauber comprising, a cork core hav- A ring C of vulcanized rubberor other ing longitudinal cllannels, a winding surrounding said core anda wrapping surscribed my name at Springfield Illinois this rollnfirlgsaid Wirildin in ombiiation with 3d day of July 1.907. a as @Ning se amer a, apte to contain a polishing compound, and a. throat in whichLAFAYETTE J HARDIN 5 said dauber fits; and a, hollow handle ilatingWitnesses:

on said flask and inclosing said-dauber. FORDYCE W. BROWN,

In Witness whereof I have hereunto sub- W. K. HALE.,

